Manual motor.



No. 686,366: Patented Nov. l2, l90l.

G. A. THODE.

MANUAL MOTOR.

(Application filed Mar. 15, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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GUSTAV A. THODE, OF BAZILE MILLS, NEBRASKA.

MANUAL MOTOR.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 686,366, dated November12, 1901.

Application filed March 15, 1901; Serial No. 51,369. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUSTAV A. THODE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bazile Mills, in the county of Knox and State of Nebraska,have invented a new and useful Manual, Motor, of which the following isa specification.

The invention relates to improvements in manual motors.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construct-ion ofmanual motors and to provide one adapted for use in connection withwashing-machines, churns, and the like and capable of reversely rotatinga vertical shaft, whereby Washing mechanism or a dasher may be rapidlyoperated at the expenditure of a minimum amount of labor.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical sectional view, partly inelevation, of a manual motor constructed in accordance with thisinvention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a verticalsectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 designates a vertical shaftjournaled in a suitable bearing 2 of abracket 3 and provided with a cylindrical head 3, which is provided witha spiral way for the reception of an arm 4, consisting, preferably, of arod which is guided in a vertical opening 5 of a guide 6 and which ismoved vertically by themeans hereinafter described, whereby the shaft 1will be reversely rotated or vibrated. The cylindrical head, which maybe solid, is preferably hollow, as shown, for lightness, and the spiralway is formed bya pair of spiral slots 7, through which the rod.texten'ds, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The spiral slots terminate short.of the top and bottom of the cylindrical head, and the verticalguide,which is arranged contiguous to the head 3, extends upward fromthe bearing-bracket 3 ,as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Thebracket is provided with a suitable base, which is secured to theupperface of the top or cover 8 of a receptacle for containing clothes to bewashed or cream to be churned. The bearing 2, upon which the cylindricalhead 3 rests, is formed in an arm which extends upward from the bracket.The bearing-bracket is also provided with a bearing-opening 9, receivingthe inner end of a crank-shaft 10, which is provided between its endswith a crank loop or bend 11, and the latter is connected by a plate orpiece 12 with the verti- Cally-movable horizontally-disposed rod 4. Theouter portion of the crank-shaft is journaled in an outer bearing 13,and the outer end of the shaft carries a wheel 14, having aneccentrically-arranged handle 15, forming a crank and adapted to begrasped by the operator; but an ordinary crank-handle may be employed,if preferred. The connecting plate or piece is provided at its top witha transverse opening 16 to receive the rod, and it has a bearing-groove17 at its lower' edge for the reception of the crank-bend,-which issecured to the connecting plate or piece by a bearing plate or clip 18,approximately U- shaped in cross-section. The sides of the bearing plateor clip receive the lower portion of the connecting plate or clip andare secured to the same by suitable fastening devices 19, preferablyconsisting of rivets. By this construction the parts may be readilyassembled. The vertical shaft 1 depends from the top or cover of thebody or receptacle, and it may be provided with washing mechanism, or achurn-dasher may be ap plied to it. When the crank-shaft is rotated, thehorizontal rod will be vertically reciprocated and will engage thespiral or cam edges formed by the slots or openings of the cylindricalhead, and the latter will be rapidly rotated. When the horizontal rod 4moves upward, the cylindrical head will be rotated in one direction, andwhen the rod descends the cylindrical head will be reversed androtatedin the opposite direction.

It will be seen that the manual motor is exceedingly simple andinexpensive in construction, that it possesses great strength anddurability, and that it is adapted to be applied to washing-machines andother uses and will enable the operation of washing to be rapidlyperformed at the expenditure of a minimum amount of labor.

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\Vhat I claim is-- 1. In a device of the class described, thecombination of a bracket having a vertical guide, a vertical shaftjournaled on the bracket and provided with a cylindrical head having aspiral way, a vertically-movable horizontally-disposed rod extendingthrough the guide and the cylindrical head, a crankshaft disposedhorizontally and provided with means for rotating it, and aconnecting-piece secured to the crank-shaft and to the horizontal rod,substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, the

combination of a bracket having a vertical 3. In a device of the classdescribed, the combination of the bearing-bracket having a bearing-armand provided with a vertical guide having a vertical opening, a verticalshaft mounted on the bearing-arm of the bracket and provided with acylindrical head having a spiral way, a rod passing through the openingof the vertical guide and extending through the spiral way of thecylindrical head, a connecting piece or plate provided at its top withan opening for the rod, a horizontal crank-shaft having a crank-bend andsupported by the said bracket, a bearing plate or clip secured to thebottom of the connecting-piece and receiving the crank-bend, an outerbearing for the crank shaft, and means for rotating the latter,substantially as de scribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GUSTAV A. THODE.

Witnesses:

J. S. JAoKsoN, W. O. OALEY.

